Ultrasounds, Elephants and Jammies

I'm typically not super sentimental about things...they are just things, after all. Don't get me wrong - there are things I would be devastated if I lost, like the doll from my childhood or my wedding ring, but I usually do a pretty good job of purging unnecessary things from my life without being overly sad about it.

However, there's something about clothes. I become attached to them and have a much more difficult time getting rid of them than I do other things. For instance, I still have shirts from when I worked for the City of Peoria in college - I can't wear them, because I promised never to wear them unless I was working, but for some reason, I can't part with them. Would I be sad if they were suddenly missing from my closet? No, I probably wouldn't even notice, except to be excited about an empty hanger that could be used for another shirt. BUT, I still can't seem to throw them away.

In college, I had one sweatshirt that I LOVED! I think I might have even wiped away a tear one year when I boxed it up to put in storage while I moved home for the summer. It was my comfort sweatshirt...almost like a safety blanket only for teenagers who think they're adults.

Last weekend, it was all I could do not to cry as I folded Adelyn's laundry. She's growing and moving up a size in her clothes, and I knew many of the outfits I was folding would only be worn once more, if that.

A pair of pajamas, in particular, had me melancholy for hours after folding the laundry. So, when she woke up Monday morning, we had a photo shoot of her in her jammies. I LOVE these pajamas - and this smile!!!

The day Wil and I went to find out if we were having a girl or a boy was a special day for us. We went to the ultrasound, celebrated with a late lunch date and then went shopping! We were SO excited to be having a little girl! We went to Babies-R-Us first, just to look and get one outfit - something special for our little girl! Wil picked out these pajamas, and they are the first thing we bought for our baby girl! I love, Love, LOVE them and am SO extremely sad that she is outgrowing them!!!

She makes the funniest faces sometimes - she cracks me up!

Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'

Adelyn began rolling over Sunday. (I should mention that she rolled over once, on accident, about a month ago, but didn't know what she did and hasn't done it since, until this week). She now rolls from her back to her tummy - which means two things. First, she likes tummy time so much more now that she's the reason she's on her tummy. Second, she LOVES her new trick, so whenever you put her down, she rolls over!

I put her to bed on her back, but I can't control it when she rolls over to her tummy to sleep - and really, who can blamer her? I much prefer sleeping on my tummy, too! I went in to check on her just now and found her in this position...

That CANNOT be comfortable!

***Editor's Note - I'm not a bad mom! We don't have bumper pads, because I read several studies that found they can be a suffocation hazard. I'd rather have her be uncomfortable once in a while and still able to breathe. Also, I moved her onto her back, in the middle of the crib, as soon as I finished taking this picture.

Wiggle Worm

When I put Adelyn to bed last night, she was laying horizontally with her head toward the right. Laying this direction must be more comfortable. :-)

Boom, Boom, Boom

We took Adelyn to see fireworks tonight. Yes, I know she's only three months old, but for some reason I needed her to see them.

I LOVE fireworks - everything about them, the colors, the shapes and most especially the noise. Random side note: they had this really cool firework in the shape of a happy face tonight, it went off and you could hear everyone exclaim, "oooh, a happy face!"

I know they have fireworks in other countries, but for some reason, fireworks seem like the epitome of America to me. I can't really remember why, but fireworks also remind me of my mom. Maybe that's why I wanted Adelyn to see them so badly - because it's something I loved doing with my mom when I was a kid.

Waiting for the fireworks to begin.

We were nervous the fireworks would be too loud and would scare her. Our solution?

Headphones? Check! Bring on the fireworks!

Luckily the fireworks weren't too loud. I think she noticed a few of them, but she must not have been super impressed.

She was asleep by the end of the show.

I was kind of a loser mom and didn't even have a Fourth of July outfit for her, but Wil claims pink is a shade of red - so there you go. On my to do list for tomorrow? Finding clearance Fourth of July clothes for next year!

My Little Fish

We took Adelyn swimming for the first time last weekend! My aunt and uncle were nice enough to let us borrow their pool for the occasion.

I wouldn't say she loved the pool - but she certainly didn't hate it either. You could see the wheels turning in her head the entire time we were in the water.

My version of her thoughts goes something like this, "What is this place? It's kind of like a bath, only mommy and daddy fit too, they definitely don't fit in my bathtub that goes over the sink! Why is it wet? Do I like this? Hmmm...the grown ups seem to be smiling a lot, I must like this. Am I supposed to like this?"

"DON'T put me on my back...I don't like that! Okay, I'm upright again...maybe this is okay."

I think she's going to love the water, once she figures out what's going on! :-)

Play Date

We will now return you to our regular scheduled programming of all baby, all the time!

Adelyn had her first play date June 18. Some friends at church had a baby girl less than a month after Adelyn was born. They were nice enough to invite us over for a pre-Father's Day dinner and we had a great time!

Seriously, how cute are these two?

Clarisa's Baptism

Wil's niece Clarisa had a big day Saturday. She turned eight and was baptized on the same day! In our church, eight is the typical age children are baptized. I had the privilege of making a cake for her baptism. I was SO excited to make this cake - my enjoyment of cake decorating has been increasing lately!

Congratulations Clarisa!! And, if anyone needs a cake for anything let me know! I would be more than happy to help!!!